# So I seem to be fat. Here's my plan. What else can I do that is supported by \[I\]evidence\[/I\]? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-seem-to-be-fat-heres-my-plan-what-else-can-i-do-that-is-supported-by-i-evidence-i/723193 "2015-06-22T22:29:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-seem-to-be-fat-heres-my-plan-what-else-can-i-do-that-is-supported-by-i-evidence-i/723193/81 "2015-06-29T14:06:34Z")
The diet plan involves a big increase in exercise. I don’t know if the Soylent will work or not, I am not as negative about it as some in the thread, but why not tailor what you eat to what you’re doing? I train as a runner- I’m no champ, but it keeps me in shape. When I am especially focused on improving my times, I try to eat a [runner’s diet](http://www.runnersworld.com/nutrition-for-runners/the-best-foods-for-runners). 50 miles of treadmill per week is close to the same thing, so maybe give it a look? I don’t count calories, I simply try to limit myself to things on the list (plus Doritos of course). The choices are all healthy, and with 15 of them it may provide a more satisfying level of variety than a liquid diet. But again, I don’t know anything about Soylent, maybe that will work in the short run. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-seem-to-be-fat-heres-my-plan-what-else-can-i-do-that-is-supported-by-i-evidence-i/723193/82 "2015-06-29T16:18:58Z")
**Habeed** , I posted a link some time ago and would like to know if you had a look at it. **DSeid** and **RP** seem to have given you some solid advice, and the reason I ask is because a lot of what they have said aligns pretty closely with what nerd fitness has to say. I don’t want to come off as a fanboi, but the support and advice I’ve received helped me lose 30 lbs two years ago. It enables you to make better lifestyle choices which should result in you losing some weight, but more importantly, make you healthier and as a bonus, your clothes will fit better…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-seem-to-be-fat-heres-my-plan-what-else-can-i-do-that-is-supported-by-i-evidence-i/723193/83 "2015-06-29T19:45:47Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > The diet plan involves a big increase in exercise. I don’t know if the Soylent will work or not, I am not as negative about it as some in the thread, but why not tailor what you eat to what you’re doing? > > I train as a runner- I’m no champ, but it keeps me in shape. When I am especially focused on improving my times, I try to eat a [runner’s diet](http://www.runnersworld.com/nutrition-for-runners/the-best-foods-for-runners). 50 miles of treadmill per week is close to the same thing, so maybe give it a look? I don’t count calories, I simply try to limit myself to things on the list (plus Doritos of course). The choices are all healthy, and with 15 of them it may provide a more satisfying level of variety than a liquid diet. > > But again, I don’t know anything about Soylent, maybe that will work in the short run. Can I add that “runner’s diet” to my list of potential high satiety/moderate palatabilty diet plans? 🙂 I do want to be clear … a meal replacement plan _can_ work for the weight loss phase of a diet plan but a liquid meal replacement plan as a long term solution is _not_ a great idea, IMHO, even if it _was_ sustainable. Real foods contain a plethora of substances that contribute to health and the benefits of eating a variety of real foods - vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans, whole grains, fish, so on - are not captured by a processed liquid meal substitute. Good Luck! ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-seem-to-be-fat-heres-my-plan-what-else-can-i-do-that-is-supported-by-i-evidence-i/723193/84 "2015-06-30T02:48:54Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Can I add that “runner’s diet” to my list of potential high satiety/moderate palatabilty diet plans? 🙂 Sure, glad you like it! Learn a few good salmon recipes and you’ll see that it can be as highly palatable as just about anything. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-seem-to-be-fat-heres-my-plan-what-else-can-i-do-that-is-supported-by-i-evidence-i/723193/85 "2015-06-30T11:34:49Z")
Vey seriously, “moderately palatable” (avoiding the hyperpalatable) does not mean food doesn’t taste very good. It is a reference to the combinations of sweet/salty/fatty [products of the Food Industrial Complex](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/health/23well.html?_r=0). A more academic [treatment](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3171738/): > [@](#): > > The food environment has changed dramatically with the influx of hyperpalatable foods that are engineered in ways that appear to surpass the rewarding properties of traditional foods (e.g., vegetables, fruits, nuts) by increasing fat, sugar, salt, flavors, and food additives to high levels (Table 1). Foods share multiple features with addictive drugs. … Now I am unsure how far the addicition analogy goes but the fact that the combinations created in the modern world stimulate those centers more strongly than most real foods do (and the satiety centers less) is the idea … Happy to share salmon recipes! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-seem-to-be-fat-heres-my-plan-what-else-can-i-do-that-is-supported-by-i-evidence-i/723193.md?page=4)